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22 Cards in this Set
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When Britain set a tax that required stamps on all public documents like newspapers or legal documents. What was this called? |
The Stamp Act |
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Were the Colonists happy about the tax of the Stamp Act? What did they do? |
Stamp Act lead to unrest in the colonies and the Stamp Act congress |
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What happened at the Boston Massacre? |
5 Boston Colonists are shot by British troops |
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Boston colonists who were angry about the new tax on tea boarded British ships and dump crates of tea into Boston harbor. |
The Boston Tea Party |
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What did the angry colonists who dumped the tea call themselves? |
The Sons of Liberty |
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Why did the first continental Congress meet? |
To unite against British taxes |
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Paul Revere's Ride |
The Revolutionary War starts and Paul Revere makes his famous ride to warn the colonists that the "British are coming" |
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Battle of Lexington & Concord |
The actual fight starts with "shots heard around the world" |
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Who won the Battle of Lexington & Concord? |
The Americans win. The British retreat. |
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Capture of Fort Ticonderoga |
The Green Mountain led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British. |
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Battle of Bunker Hill |
Major battle where William Prescott told the American troops "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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George Washington crosses the Deleware when? |
On December 25th (Christmas nite) in order to surprise the enemy. |
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Who sewed the first American flag? |
Betsy Ross sewed "stars and stripes" |
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Battle of Saratoga |
British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans after suffering defeat at the Battles of Saratoga. |
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Valley Forge |
The Continental Army under George Washington spends the winter training at Valley Forge |
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The France recognized the ________ ________ as an independent country with the ____________ ___ __________________. |
United States Treaty of Alliance |
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Articles of Confederation |
Defined the official government of the United States |
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Battle of Yorktown |
The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolutionary War. |
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What was the unofficial end to the Revolutionary war? |
British General Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown. |
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Treaty of Paris |
Officially ended the War! |
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When was the Treaty of Paris (that officially ended the war)? |
September 3, 1783 |
